Tomorrow demands curious minds...!

Have you ever thought of converting your silly hobbies into something worthwhile? You should think about it because - Tomorrow demands curious minds…!

The first hobby comes to my mind when I talk about it, would be reading… it’s my first love & I consider it as an ultimate entertainment. Ever since I read the first thriller novel as part of my Grade 09 curriculum, Marthandavarma, by CV Raman pillai, I fell in love with it. It is still one of my prime hobbies and I do still roam around in the streets of cities I visit, Mumbai, Kochi and Thrissur to buy economically viable second hand novels from the street vendors. For every vacation, suppose if you collect five to six books, by the time of your retirement age, you can have a few shelf-full of books and you may think of starting a community library. This could well be a small-scale retirement plan not primarily an income generating scheme but think about saving people from gruesome gadget world to the open air, at least for sometime, because I BELIEVE reading does make people think and create a better community.

During Recession time, our Company had sent us for a Development Planning Training and beforehand they said this doesn’t mean that you are going to get an immediate hike or promotion very soon but gave all of us a plant to keep near our workstation.

I thought of calling it a Development plant. Many of us considered the growth of the plant as the sign of their career development. I considered the growth of that plant into many plants will indicate of growth of me as a person and as a social human being. And I started thinking of how to develop that plant instead of developing my own career. I got another plant as companion for my Development Plant. I kept these plants both together in constant touch, and like a lovey-dovey couple they both started talking to each other, exchanging love through warmth and sweat, they started blossoming together faster, taller, wider and more greener. This is how I got my next idea. Think of summer in the city where you reside or your own hometown. Though India is fortunate with abundant forests, mountains, and rivers, the summer has become terrible, sun strokes have become common and pure drinking water has become a dream. When the scientists started talking about the danger of thinning ozone layers, the rulers, on the other hand, thought tallest towers as the ultimate sign of development, but not many thought about developing a plant in each room of a house, each workstation of the office would be a sign of development. I think of creating a summer hut with a creeper rooftop in my own backyard which could be an ultimate achievement. I think it is time to think, that each one of us should start developing a plant yard in the balcony to save ourselves from the atrocities of Sun, because we are the cause of it and we ONLY have to find a solution for it.

I hear music for the peace of mind and entertainment; and I also do yoga to keep myself fit and disease free. And gradually it’s become my hobby. But have we ever thought of calling up a group of people to a common place and practice yoga and music like a community activity. You could see around you, many of us trying to work hard and earn money like an obsession by working more than 12hours a day five a days a week and even on weekends with the gadgets and laptops and you think money alone can be your friend in the old age. I BELIEVE in having a good community who considers peace of mind and physical fitness as the ultimate sign of self-development. Otherwise- , I doubt we will have a community affected with Depression, Alzheimer’s and Schizophrenia.

Friends with this Eureka, I think of an immediate retirement….but sadly not from my job right now...Over to you, with all these ideas…! Hope you got some ideas of how to convert some of your hobbies to some worthwhile activities, not just an option for earning more money but for the betterment of the community where we live too…Tomorrow really demands curious minds…!